Introducing the lead team

Malcolm Diamond MBE

Length of service

Formerly, Trifast Executive Chairman after being re-appointed in 2009, CEO for 18 years before retiring in 2002. 1984-2002 Managing Director, TR Fastenings Limited

Key areas of expertise

Significant commercial skills and leadership experience gained from growing an international business covering Sales and marketing, strategic planning and implementation, business development and investor relations

Other directorships

Non-Executive Chairman (appointed May 2014) at Flowtech Fluidpower plc , the UK's leading supplier of technical hydraulic fluid power products (Ticker- AiM: FLO) and joined the Board of Acal plc, a leading designer and manufacturer of specialist electronic components (Ticker: ACL), in November 2015 before being appointed Non-Executive Chairman in April 2017

Committee membership

Chairman of the Nominations Committee and by invitation

Geoff Budd

Commercial Director & European Managing Director

Length of service

41 years; appointed to the plc Board in 1986

Key areas of expertise

Geoff has extensive knowledge of the industry, European and Asian markets particularly in sales & purchasing, manufacturing management and quality. His role gives him responsibility for all of the European operations but he also holds the responsibility for the Group on all aspects of the commercial business, specifically advising the Board on capex requirements for the manufacturing sites

Committee membership

By invitation

Glenda Roberts

Group Sales Director

Length of service

27 years; appointed to the plc Board in 2010

27 years as Director of TR Fastenings Limited and Director for TR USA since July 2012

Committee membership

Clare Foster

Length of service

Key areas of expertise

All aspects of group financial management, accounting governance and strategic planning and implementation across all levels

Committee membership

By invitation

Mark Belton

Chief Executive Officer

Length of service

18 years; appointed to the plc Board in 2010 and CEO on 1 October 2015

Key areas of expertise

Over his career with Trifast, Mark has forged a wealth of knowledge and great understanding of the industry, the TR model, key sectors and our customer portfolio. As Group Finance Director, he also played a pivotal role in the successful acquisitions of PSEP in Malaysia, VIC in Italy and Kuhlmann in Germany. Other skills include all aspects of strategic and financial planning, and investor relations

Committee membership

Nominations Committee and by invitation

Lyndsey Case

Company Secretary

Length of service

17 years; appointed as Company Secretary 1 April 2016

Key areas of expertise

Lyndsey joined the Group's TR Fastenings UK Finance team in 2000 before moving to the Group Finance Team in 2006. She is an FCCA and experienced in financial accounting, reporting and compliance